20th Century
Ladies’ Rest and Writing Room
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The Ladies’ Rest and Writing Room is located in Farmer’s department store in Sydney, Australia. After spending the day spending their money, ...Read Review
Never Closer
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Oxford, 1940: teenaged Alice’s first job is in a laboratory where mould is deliberately grown in a motley collection of bedpans, pie-dishes, and ...Read Review
The Wolf’s Eye (The Order of the Seven Stars)
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Set during WWI on the Eastern Front, The Wolf’s Eye makes a strong followup as the second book in Smith’s Order ...Read Review
The Island of Mists and Miracles
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Mas’ second novel is translated from the French by Frank Wynne. It wasn’t until I checked the details to write this review ...Read Review
Death in the Crypt (A Cressida Fawcett Mystery)
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Historic eleventh-century Winchester Cathedral makes a splendid setting for Chester’s fifth 1920s cosy mystery featuring the Honourable Cressida Fawcett and her friends ...Read Review
Kate’s War
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At twenty, Kate Murphy is preparing to leave her sheltered family life and move into a flat with a school friend. She envisions ...Read Review
Shattered Jade: A Novel of Saipan
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It’s June 1944, and Japanese and American forces have been engaged in monstrously costly battles across thousands of square miles of ocean and ...Read Review
A Botanist’s Guide to Society and Secrets (A Saffron Everleigh Mystery)
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This clever British mystery blends mystery, suspense, the between-wars (1923) anxiety of women’s labor being easily discounted, and a passion for plants and ...Read Review
Heroes: A Novel of Pearl Harbor
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Frank and Stanley are the best of friends, living an idyllic life in Hawaii, where their fathers are stationed at the Pearl Harbor ...Read Review
Here Is Not Our Home
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From roughly 1880 to 1938, Vienna, Austria, became the home away from home for many composers, painters, writers and thinkers. Some profoundly influenced future generations. ...Read Review
